Epworth League Officers Named At Virginia Convention
Abingdon Virginia June 13 Officers of the Haleton conference young peoples assembly were announced for the coming year led by President Howard Miller Knoxville Tennessee and Vice President Miss Julia Ruth Richardson Chattanooga Tennessee. Secretaries to direct work in districts include Ruby Shreeves Quarry Virginia Reba Quillen Gate City Virginia Emma McKzi ne Radford and Beulah Cox Galax Virginia. Rev W M Bantas Galax continues as life service superintendent. About 250 delegates attend the eleventh annual Epworth leagues convention in session at Martha Washington college with credit certificates to be awarded Monday morning closing the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abingdon
Haleton Conference
Young Peoples Assembly
Epworth Leagues
Southern Methodist Conference
Cers
Howard Miller
Knoxville
Tenn
Misa Julia Ruth Richardson
Chattanooga
Misa Elizabeth Fugate
Bristol
Virginia Mae Campbell
Radford
Mise Frances Davie
Welch
W. Va
Misa
Ruby Shreeves
Quarry
Big Stone Gap
Mise Reba Quillen
Gate City
Bluefield
J. F. Baldwin
H. A. Briscoe
Galax
Martha Washington College
Bluefield Opens City Playgrounds With Layouts Across Neighborhoods
Bluefield announces six white and two colored playgrounds opening Monday with supervision by Uptown and South Bluefield teams. Sites include Jones Street upper area and North side near the old Rock school for colored children, Augusta Street for white, and Wade field for central and west end activities. Supervisors include Upshur Higginbotham, Miss Nina Dodd, Miss Virginia Stowers, Ed Hancock, and Miss Elnora Johnson with L. E. Moore aiding at Weller field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Street
Old Rock School
Playgrounds Association
Augusta Street
Walnut Grove Cemetery
East River Avenue
South Bluefield
Ferndale
College Avenues
Upshur Higginbotham
Weller Field
Nina Dodd
East End
Princeton Avenue
Grant Street Bridge
Miss Dodd
Virginia Stowers
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Auto Electric Shop
Jess Grosedoce
Scott
Federal Streets
Wade Field
Ed. Hancock
Elnora Johnson
Garden gold rush grips London gardener seeking fortune
Arthur Greseweil, a veterinary surgeon in London, has spent over $300 digging a 30 foot shaft in his garden after clairvoyants predicted gold beneath his yard. He has been digging for more than a month with no gold found yet.
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London
Arthur Greseweil
Local Bluefield ads and notices from GIT AND COALFIELD NEWS
Local item shows beauty shop offerings at Ideal Beauty Shoppe with permanent waves seven fifty, Bluefield Business College courses, Bailey Block address, remodeling notice at Commercial Hotel, fried chicken dinner price sixty cents, hair services at Hotel Matt Barber Shop, and furniture sale at Warlick Furniture Company. Also demonstrates home sewing gadget, department store promotion, and an engagement for Jack Ralston band with Lake Shawnee dances. Fire department responds to false alarm from box 36 Midway overnight.
Maybeury Missionary Society Meets at King Home
Mary Helen King hosts Maybeury Circle No 3 meeting at her home with six members present. Leader Mrs Hubert Nichols led prayers and readings from Timothy. Visitors included Mrs Treadway Richmond and others. Socially noted: junior baseball win over Welch Juniors 9 to 7. numerous local visits and vacations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybeury
The
Maybeury Missionary Society
John. Bensey
Hubert Nichols
Treadway
Richmond
Clarence Hicks
Crogler
W. C. Myers
Upland
I. B. Kirk
Fred Myers
Jack Calloway
Wicks
Mra
Myers
Children Arrive for Free Eye Surgeries at St Luke's Hospital
Five Webb county children joined thirty planned operations at St Luke's in Bluefield. Dr Blaydes removed cataracts from the first trio, with results due in a week. W S Dodrill of Rom ney institute organizes transport from the state institution, and all care costs are covered by the state board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
St. Luke's Hospital
J. &. Blaydes
Blaydes
State Board of Control
Nellie Copley
Ida Copley
Joe Copley
Edith Copley
Pauline Meek
Webb
Wayne County
Woodrow Hawse
Augusta
W. Va
George Brown
Purgittsville
Lee Chadwell
Morgantown
Dodrill
Yester¢Y
Omney Institution
Bluefield Airplane Model League Contest Finaled
Six Bluefield chapter members enter the final elimination contest for airplane model builders at the municipal airport on Monday afternoon. Entrants include Rudolph Sumpter, Andrew Peters, Buford Lemon, Louis Douthat, Vernon Webb and Clark Conaway. Winner will represent Bluefield in the national tournament at Dayton Ohio. Rinard Thornton directs the local league chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Airplane Model League of America
Municipal Airport
Rudolph Sumpter
Andrew Peters
Buford Lemon
Louis Douthat
Vernon Webb
Clark Conaway
Dayton
Ohio
Rinard Thornton
Airplane Model League
Catholics Celebrate Feast of St Anthony in Afragola
In Afragola 200 Catholics marched despite a ban on outdoor processions. They copied the wooden statue of St Anthony with a home made likeness as they paraded through the streets. No priests joined the crowd amid the restrictions.
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Rome
Afragola
St. Anthony of Padua
Pius XI
Arragola
Anthony
Woman commits death by own action after murder charges
In San Angelo Texas on June 13 Mrs. George Hill 50 killed herself with poison seven hours after her husband George A Hill 50 and son Alva 23 were bound over on murder charges in the stabbing of dairy farmer John R Kiser 42. The note read This is too much for me to bear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Texas
George Hill
Gray
George A. Hill
Alva
John R. Kiser
Protestant Episcopal conference opens at Jackson's Mill West Virginia
The summer conference of the diocese of West Virginia Protestant Episcopal church opens Monday at Jacksons Mill for a week of study. Courses for teachers clergy and youth are led by a mixed faculty from Charleston Baltimore New York Wheeling Parkersburg and others. On June 20 the fourth annual convention of the Young Peoples Fellowship convenes with officers listed and closes Sunday night June 21.
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Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Diocese of
West Virginia
Protestant Episcopal Church
John Glase
Charleston
EB. L. Gettler
Baltimore
John W. Irwin
New York
C. W. Snyder
Wheeling
Maud Sallows
Parkersburg
Young People’s Fellowship of the Church
Lee Ainslee
Huntington
Frances Hall
Margaret Downs
Frederick Renner
Young People’s Conference
Robbery at Morgantown Gas Station Leaves Owner Hit
Three men robbed a Morgantown filling station near the city center. John Moore, the owner, was struck with a hammer during the hold up. The trio fled with $1 in an automobile bearing a Michigan license, last seen heading toward Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
John &. Moore
Pennsylvania
Local Notes From Berwind and Surrounding South West Virginia
A collage of social visits, family news, and small town happenings from Berwind West Virginia and nearby areas. Movements include Allen Masele and his Concordians at a high school dance, travel and hospital notes, visits by Mrs. Witten and other residents, and several o rdinary community updates involving relatives, neighbors, and local services.
Jenkinjones Golden Rule club hosts Bible study event
The Golden Rule club met at Mrs. W. A. Quesenberry’s home in Jenkinjones, with Mrs. D. B. Gillespie presiding. Guests included Mesdames Tom Dunn, John Scott, S. P. Minar, Charles Myers and others after an evening Bible study and refreshment plate.
Diamond Wins Bonded Release In Coercion Case
Amsterdam N Y June 13 Jack Diamond gangster wins release on bail after Supreme Court Justice Hefferman approves $10 000 bonds for charges of gun carrying and coercion at Catskill jail. Diamond wounded in April and awaiting trial with two henchmen for attack on truck driver Grover Parks. venue change anticipated.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
Jack Diamond
Freedom
Supreme Court
Christopher J. Hefferman
Diamond
Greene County
Catskill
Cairo
Albany
Daniel H. Prior
Grover Parks
Henry Epstein
Hefferman
Arks
Weatherford murder charge is quashed in self defense
James Weatherford, colored, had a murder charge dismissed in Magistrate H. B. Kitts's court after prosecutor Walter G. Burton said investigations showed Weatherford acted in self defense. The fatal stabbing occurred after a dance at the Elks hall off Bland Street, Waldron dying at a colored hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Weatherford
Robert Waldron
Aleoo
H. B. Kitts
Walter G. Burton
Mercer County
Weatherford
Colored Elks Hall
Bland Street
Waldron
Burton
Elks Hall
Belmont county miners press drives amid law order call
In eastern Ohio, striking miners plan two drives on operating mines, including New Lafferty of M A Hanna Coal and No 6 mine of Rail and River Coal in Bellaire, while Belmont county issues a proclamation urging citizens to curb disorder. About 1,500 miners are affected as more mines close and picketing continues around the New Lafferty tipple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Clairsville
Ohio
Belmont County
National Miners’ Union
Lafferty
M. A. Hanna Coal Company
Rail and River Coal Company
Bellaire
Provident
Clarkson Coal Company
Maynard
Board of County Commissioners
Howard Duff
Paul Waddell
Monroe Pioneers to Unveil Marker
Monroe county pioneers to be honored as a marker is unveiled to commemorate the first grist mills in the community. Peters family connections are noted among Peterstown residents with Miss Roses Clark leading the arrangements and assisted by Mrs. James O Keeffe and Mrs. Conley Snidow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Peters
Peterstown
Roses Clark
James O'Keeffe
Bluefield
John Chapman
Railroads urged to restore buying power to lift economy
The chamber of commerce urged action to raise railroad buying capacity to avert a financial blow from declining railroad securities. Frank H. Baer cited railroads normally purchasing substantial shares of soft coal timber fuel oil and iron and steel, noting 45 of Class One roads operated at a loss in Q1 1931 and freight car and locomotive orders fell sharply since last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Baer
Chamber
Homecoming Week at Burkes Garden Lutheran Church
Burkes Garden Virginia hosts homecoming events from Saturday June 27 with an all day program on church grounds including a luncheon. New equipment will be dedicated Sunday June 28 during services led by Dr. R B Peery of Raleigh North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkes Garden
R. B. Peery
Lutheran Church of
Raleigh
N. C
Peery
Midland College
Kansas
Japan
James A. Groseclose
Dallas
Texas
Walton H. Greever
Columbia
J. B. Greever
New Mexico
Lutheran Church
Medical witness says nurse choked to death
The first week of Elliott R. Hathaway's murder trial concluded with medical witnesses claiming Verna Russell was choked by human hands. Russell's body was found in Tiverton after she rode with Hathaway, son of a Massachusetts legislator, on March 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. L
Elliott R. Hathaway
Fall River
Mass
Verna Russell
Tiverton
Hathaway
Massachusetts
Weiner Roast Party At Amonate Enjoyed By Local Teens
Amonate Va June 13 A group of young people gathered Friday night for a delightful weiner roast at the swimming hole bottom. Attendees included Misses Lelia Robinson Viola Blevins Labcilie Johnson Willie Sue Parker Lince Altizer Elsie Musick and Messrs Manfred Robinson Chester Robinson Ralph Sulter Edward Johnson Earl Hall Hoy Turner Paul Pennington and Gene Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amonate
Lelia Robinson
Viola Blevins
Labcilie Johnson
Willie
Sue Parker
Iince Altizer
Elsie Musick
Manfred Robinson
Chester Robinson
Ralph Sulter
Edward Johnson
Earl Hall
Hoy Turner
Paul Pennington
Gene Campbell
League Officers Elected For Coming Years In Amonate
Election of league officers announced with Jaither Lyons named president and Mrs B Brotherton vice president. Secretary treasurer Mrs Frazier Mabe, corresponding secretary Mrs Laelia Robinson, pianist Miss Pauline Hagg, and choir leader Miss Lelia Robinson. Sunday meeting to name department superintendents and Epworth Era agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Tipworth League
Jaither Lyons
B. Brotherton
Frazier Mabe
Laelia Robinson
Pauline Hagg
Lelia Robinson
Princess Marie of Spain Seriously Ill in Paris
Princess Marie aged 74 wife of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Spain is reported seriously ill at her Paris home with double pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess III
Paris
Marie
Prince Louis Fredinand
Spain
Lincoln Tomb to Be Dedicated
Springfield sees the Lincoln tomb and its surroundings prepared for a new dedication by President Hoover. The Emancipator’s tomb, rebuilt to guard its legacy, shows interior changes including a stained glass window replacing the long used iron door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses
Grant
Herbert Hoover
Oakridge
Lincoln
Warfare on gangsters shifts from Chicago to major cities
Washington reports federal war on gangsters shifts from Chicago to New York and Detroit and other large cities. Agents who worked in Illinois withdraw to concentrate against Al Capone and other public enemies elsewhere. New York and Detroit named as principal centers with liquor rackets and other crimes, investigations to continue in St. Louis Cleveland Philadelphia and others.
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Washington
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Ilinois
al” Capone
St. Louis
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Celebrants Killed in Wedding Fireworks Explosion
In Tinnevilly Madras India today three persons were killed and 25 injured many seriously by a fireworks explosion during a wedding celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinnevilly
Madras
India
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J. S. Compton
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Tulip
Eugeme
Fredric
Ideal Beauty
West Virginian Hotel
Bluefield Business College
Bailey Block
W. H. Cunningham
William L. Alley
Matt
Roy Chappell
Warlick Furniture Company
Cox's Department Store
Old Dominion
R. M. Ee Gasoline
Quaker State
Jack Ralston
Lake Shawnee
Central Station
Midway
Mary Helen King
Oakley Hall
Mt. Airy
Claude State
Rae
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Julia Onlfer
John
Cherokee
Virginia Noel
Marshall College
Margaret Thaxton
Blue|ve
Dorothyerry
Bradley
Powhatan,s
C. A. Payne
Northfork
Carl Keesling
Ruth Lawrence
Otis Lawson
B. Johnson
W. H. Trent
McDowell
J. M. McDowell
McComas
A. M. Elgin
Guy Farmer
West Virginia University
Mra. M. K. Farmer
Geraldine Harres
N. A. Barles
HW. Austin
Bramwell
J. A. Lessor
H. M. McDowell
Virgil
Mildred Ownsley
E. B. Johnson
J. R. Warner
Beatrice
Grayson
High Point
R. D. Gibson
G. A. Mahone
Masonic Lodge
Earl Gibson
Pocahontas
Virginia Noe
R. B. Jenkins
Concord College
Edith Harris
New Geneval Hospital
Buford
I. T. Peters
Betty
L. D. Thacker
B. Noel
Treadway Aken
Nancy Lee Noel
Charles Grood
Vanguard
State School For Blind
Protestant Episcopal Conference
Harvard
Point Arguello
C. H. Nahodil
W. H. Briggs
S. F. Welch
Car Tabor
Alice Thompson
Lucille
Tazewell
K. O. Wiley
Winder
R. L. Page
Beckley
R. C. Wandling
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J. B. Gibson
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Sword's Creek
J. W. Tanner
Saeger
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Cedar Bluff
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R. G. McCall
H. WL. Mitchel
Shirley Jean
Jaeger
Thom Brooks
Boissevain
Reed Welch
J. B. Whitehead
J. K. Whitehead
Lena
Simmons
Ethel Mae Tabor
Dorothy Welch
Marton
Litte
Dorothy
Tom Welch
Bishop
E. T. Atkinson
Shawnville
George Hedrick
Frank Gillespie
W. Tl. Gravely
Greta Gay
Amenda Armentrout
Hemp Hill
J. E. Pressey
Arther
Hilda Cunningham
Alleghany Springs
W. L. Marshall
George Green
S. N. Green
BE. L. Head
Randell
Georgia Head
C. A. Murphy
P. J. Batley
G. W. Armentrout
M. J. Lake
Mike Casino
Poole
Jenkin Jones
Harvey Smith
Ruth
Janet
Marmet
Orones
Springville
Marcus Gilespie
Hospital School
Bowling Green
W. W. Hicks
Sandlick
R. H. Moore and Son
Gary
HM. F. Hancock
Francis
Cox
KE. W. Riley
al. EK
Groseclose
Een
Fight For Freedom
UM. W
Monroe
Filla A. Boole
Brooklyn
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Toronto
George McCall
Stork
Harvey Sar- Rent
Smith Greer
Srentee
Nancy Earl
R. C. Lawson ,Jr
R. C. Law
T. J. van Dyke
Hicks
Pocahontas No. 30
C. W. Harrell
Pocahontas Colery
Pete Kerr Jr
George Kinzer
Raymond Mathena
Berwind
Monna Spivey
Coalwood
T. Flemig
Gaither
Evelyne
Beulah Strader
Falls Mills
Warner House
A. C. Hylton
Havace
J. B. Vernon
Thomas Edgar
Wytheville
J. FE. Hollandsworth
Litz-Smith
F. Marie Sunday
J. C. Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin
Lucille Mathena
E. F. Cyphers
Bruce Bryant
C. E. Brewster
Brewster
Newhall
Charles Gregory
Barbara
R. E. Cassell
Neel Cooper
Bill Altizer
R. E. Peeseee
Vaughn Pusey
D. P. Dennison
Coeburn
Hoover
Molly Harper
Pounding Mill, Va
Burk Russell and
Kidskin
Mangus Central Shoe Store
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
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